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| In your sentence, 'her' has the sense of 'belonging to her' and is a possessive adjective or determiner. |
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| Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:13 pm Is it a pronoun or adjective? |
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Most people who are fluent in English would not be able to answer this question... So, I would recommend to focus on other important things than going into details of grammar if you do not need them for academic purposes...
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| Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:27 pm Is it a pronoun or adjective? |
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All the fluent speakers here can answer your question, Solomon.
Her is a pronomial in form (the possessive form of she), but it is a possessive adjective (a kind of determiner) in function in your sentence. It is also an object pronoun, the objective form of she:
All her clothes are ironed. (possessive adjective)
I'll see her tonight. (object pronoun)
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| Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:42 pm Is it a pronoun or adjective? |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: | .
All the fluent speakers here can answer your question, Solomon.
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I have seen many fluent speakers who do not know what "pronoun" means, yet she/he speaks English quite well...
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| Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:44 pm Is it a pronoun or adjective? |
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Ooops, sorry Mister Micawber,
I have just noticed that you meant people here, not in general...
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